seeking DEC VAXmate software

Pontus Pihlgren pontus at Update.UU.SE
Sun Jul 24 07:11:02 CDT 2016


On Sun, Jul 24, 2016 at 05:01:42PM +1000, Nigel Williams wrote:
> I'm on the hunt for diskette images of DEC VAXmate software. From a
> post to comp.sys.dec there appears to be at least the following
> diskettes, but possibly more:
> 
> VAXmate MS-DOS version 3.10 for VAXmate Oper Environ V1.1
> VAXMATE S/A INSTALL V1.1
> VT240 EMULATOR UPDATE For VAXmate Oper Environ V1.1
> VAXMATE INFO. SYSTEM V1.1 FOR VAXMATE OPER ENVIRON V1.1
> VAXMATE MS-WINDOWS V1.03 (three disks)
> 
> If anyone has the diskettes or can point me somewhere to look, it
> would be appreciated.
> thanks.
> 
> Other notes:
> If anyone is desperate to own a VAXmate I can provide contact details
> of someone who has a few.
> 
> Here is my VAXmate running a generic MS-DOS 4.0, the screen is very
> dim, and a few other pictures (as it arrived, so before any cleaning -
> quote dusty inside):
> 
> https://goo.gl/photos/cQkbekoLiWBCZoad9

Thanks for sharing! I can't help you with the software but it's fun to see 
the innards of one of those.

Is the bulk of the computer in the monitor and the box it stands on "just" 
an ISA expansion, PSU and hard disk?

Curious construction.

/P


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